• Eight Stranded Braided Bread

    Eight-Strand Braided Bread

    The art of bread making can become a consuming hobby, and no matter how often and how many kinds of bread one has made, there always seems to be something new to learn. – Julia Child. Boy, do I love making bread. It’s my favorite thing to bake, with pastry being a close second. The endless varieties of what you can make, the tactile joy of working with dough, the warm, feel-good aromas … it’s all beautiful and feels somehow essential. There’s a reason it’s called the staff of life, right? Speaking of which,